Clothes-hook



(NoModelQ) I l C. W. KATHERMAN.

`CLOTHES HOOK. Y

Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

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CHARLES WV. KATHERMAN, OF VILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,343, dated August 12, 18,90.

Application filed August 13, 1889.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. KATHER- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in clothes-hooks; and it consists of the arrangement of parts and details of construction, as hereinafter more fully shown in the drawings, and described in the specification.

The general object of my invention consists of a hook adapted to be secured to a bedstead or other articles of furniture placed in a room, which shall be so constructed as to permit of the hook, when not in use, to be thrown upward out of the way, so as to leave a smooth and ornamental surface, when closed, to be presented to the piece of furniture.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 illustrates a por tion of a bedstead provided with my improved hook; Fig. 2, a detail view of the hook and cover-plate removed from t-he article of furniture; Fi 3, a similar view looking from the back, and Fig.4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View.

Similar letters of reference are used to denote corresponding parts throughout the entire specication and several views of the drawings.

The letter A indicai es the ordinary headpost of a bedstead, said post having its outer face provided with a recess or groove B, and into which the metallic cover-plate is secured.

C indicates the metallic cover-plate provided with the depending end and side [flanges c c c c, said flanges being made equal to the depth of the recess B, so as to bring the outer face of the metallic cover-plate flush with the outer face. of the bed-post. Said cover-plate is provided with an elongated slot D, which slot terminates at its upper end in an enlargescarno. 320,613. (No man.)

letter H) is adapted to fit snugly within the i elongated slot D, and is secured near its lower end, at its under face, to the pivot-rod F. The lower or projecting endg of the hook, when the same is pulled down, comes in contact withthe projecting end of the retainingspring G, and thus securelyprovides against the former falling down when weight is applied to the outer end thereof, thereby holding the same in an adj usted position.

The inner face of the hook H is rounded, as shown in the drawings, so as to prevent the tearing of the clothes hung thereon, which would be the result if the innerface thereof should be made with square edges. Near the upper end of the inner face of the hook is provided a lug orprojection I, which, when the hook is thrown upward, passes within the enlarged portion of the elongated slot and into the recess B of the post. The extreme end of the inner upper face of the hook is beveled or madeinclined, so as to correspond with the inclined walls of the slot D, so as to form a nger-grasp by which to catch the upper end of the hook in order to pull the same outward. The lug or projection I is provided with an annular central groove i, which provides against the liability of the clothes slipping off when hung upon the hook.

If so desired, the outer face of the coverplate and hook may be ornamented, so that when the hook is thrown upward a neat appearance may be given to the article of furniture. The metallic cover-plate C is further provided with a series of screw-holes, through which pass screws j j, in order to secure the plate within the recess B of the bed-post; but itis obvious -that the same may be secured in any suitable manner within said recess.

Having thus fully described my invention,

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whatl elaini as new, and desire to `secure protection invbyrLetters Patentfof `the United States, is

The combination, With a bed or other article of furniture provided with a recess or groove leaving a circular .depression near its upper end,ofa metallic plate having end and side anges and a slot terminating at its upper end in an enlarged beveled portion, a pivot-rod journaled in the lower portion of the plate on the inner face thereof, a hook secured to said rod, having its inner face rounded and its upper end beveled and pro- `,vided with an in Wardly-extending lug having an annular central groove, and a fiat spring having` its upper end secured to the plate and its lower end bearing against the pivot-rod carrying the hook, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereunto aflixed my signature zo in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES W. KATIIERMAN.

Witnesses:

J. CLINTON HILL, G. A. HILL. 

